RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Bany-Mohammed, Fayez
SR Print(0)
ID 1168356528
T1 Transillumination and Point-of-Care Ultrasound
T2 Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644818
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168356528
RD 2024/04/25
AB Transillumination  and  point-of-care  ultrasound  (POCUS)  are  techniques  that  can  be  used  as  an  aid  in  performing  procedures,  to  diagnose  specific  conditions,  and  to  help  in  clinical  decision  making.  Both  transillumination  and  POCUS  can  be  performed  at  the  bedside,  require  no  sedation,  and  have  no  significant  complications.  Although  transillumination  has  been  around  since  1831  (Richard  Bright’s  first  description  using  a  candlelight  to  shine  through  the  head  of  a  macrocephalic  adult  and  diagnose  hydrocephalus),  it  has  only  been  used  in  neonatology  since  the  1970s.  The  first  ultrasound  studies  can  be  traced  back  to  1794,  but  diagnostic  ultrasound  did  not  enter  medicine  until  the  1950s.  The  first  portable  ultrasound  unit  was  initially  developed  in  1988  to  help  identify  and  diagnose  serious  injuries  in  troops  in  the  field.  POCUS  was  used  in  the  late  1990s  by  emergency  room  physicians  as  a  trauma  screening  tool  and  is  now  gaining  popularity  in  other  medical  disciplines.